5e:Homunculus

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Homunculus Overview  , ,

Shaping a mixture of clay, ash, …root, and blood, one can [use] ritual magic to create [a homunculus], a faithful, squirrel-sized companion.

A homunculus is a construct… the [creator and it] sharing thoughts, senses, and language through a mystical bond.

In Eberron

Setting: Eberron

A homunculus is a construct servant created for certain tasks. Artificers and wizards are responsible for most of the homunculi in existence.

Each kind of homunculus has a body constructed from different kinds of materials, including clay, iron, and bits of hair and feathers… [and it's] creator's blood and animated through an extended magical ritual.

Other Lore

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 3.5e lore 

A homunculus is a miniature servant created by a wizard. These creatures are weak combatants but make effective spies, messengers, and scouts. A homunculus’s creator determines its precise features. Homunculi are little more than tools designed to carry out assigned tasks. They are extensions of their creators, sharing the same alignment and basic nature. A homunculus cannot speak, but the process of creating one links it telepathically with its creator.

It knows what its master knows and can convey to him or her everything it sees and hears, out to a distance of 1,500 feet. A homunculus never travels beyond this range willingly, though it can be removed forcibly. If this occurs, the creature does everything in its power to regain contact with its master. An attack that destroys a homunculus deals 2d10 points of damage to its master.

If the creature’s master is slain, the homunculus also dies, and its body swiftly melts away into a pool of ichor.

List of Homonculi

4 Homunculuss

Monster	Size	Type	Tags	Alignment	HP	CR	Habitat	Marked	Source
Homunculus Overview		Overview	Construct, Homunculus				Urban	Canon	Varied, SRD5, MM5, ERftLW
Homunculus	Tiny	Construct	Homunculus	Neutral	5	0	Urban	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Expeditious Messenger	Tiny	Construct	Homunculus	Neutral	7	1/8	Urban	Canon, Pointer, Eberron	Eberron Rising from the Last War
Iron Defender	Medium	Construct	Homunculus	Neutral	30	1	Urban	Canon, Pointer, Eberron	Eberron Rising from the Last War

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Homunculus (Sort Text: Homunculus AAA Common 5e, Size: Tiny, Type: Construct, Subtypes: Homunculus, Alignment: Neutral, HP: 5, CR: 0, Features: Telepathic Bond • Bite, Has Lair: No, NPC: No, Canon: Yes, Pointer: No, UA: No, User: No, Sources: SRD-OGL v5.1)

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